[ES_JOBS_NET] University Professorship (W3) “Experimental Meteorology“ at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

[Corinna Hoose]

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) – The Research University in the 
Helmholtz Association creates and imparts knowledge for the society and 
the environment. It is our goal to make significant contributions to 
mastering the global challenges of mankind in the fields of energy, 
mobility, and information. For this, about 9,800 employees of KIT 
cooperate in a broad range of disciplines in research, academic 
education, and innovation.

The Division IV – Natural and Built Environment, Institute of 
Meteorology and Climate Research Troposphere Research (IMKTRO), KIT 
Department of Physics offers as soon as possible a permanent

*University Professorship (W3) “Experimental Meteorology“*

We are looking for you as an internationally recognized personality in 
the field of Experimental Meteorology in the troposphere, in particular 
ground-based and airborne field research. You have experience in the use 
of state-of-the-art in-situ and remote sensing instruments (e.g. Eddy 
Covariance systems, lidars, radars, microwave radiometers) in the 
context of field campaigns, as well as in the area of data synthesis and 
interpretation. Your experimental research enables collaboration in the 
fields of modelling, model evaluation and data assimilation, e.g. by 
contributing to the development of observation operators and 
multi-platform retrievals.

IMKTRO works in the four research fields of (i) clouds and aerosols, 
(ii) regional climate and climate change, (iii) weather and weather 
forecasting and (iv) integrated field measurements. With the KITcube, 
IMKTRO operates one of the world‘s most comprehensive mobile atmospheric 
measurement systems, which has been used in numerous international 
campaigns. In addition, KIT is a member of the development consortium of 
the ICON model (with focus on aerosol and regional climate modelling) 
and is in close research cooperation with the German Weather Service.

KIT offers an excellent interdisciplinary environment at the interface 
between natural sciences and engineering. You will cooperate closely 
with colleagues at the KIT Center for Climate and Environment and the 
GRACE graduate school, and have a wide range of opportunities to 
establish new collaborations at KIT and beyond. You will continue your 
successful record of acquiring third-party funding, e.g. in 
future-oriented topics such as the application of methods of artificial 
intelligence. In addition, you will actively contribute to the Helmholtz 
program „Changing Earth – Sustaining our Future“, particularly in the 
framework of the new “Karlsruhe Integrated Atmospheric Observation 
System (KIAOS)”.

The Full Professorship (W3) is part of the collegial leadership of the 
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research Troposphere Research 
(IMKTRO). With a teaching obligation of 9 semester hours per week, you 
will represent Experimental Meteorology in compulsory and elective 
lectures and practicals of the degree programs „Meteorology and Climate 
Physics (BSc/MSc, German/English)“. You will also be expected to 
participate in academic self-administration.

A PhD in meteorology (alternatively in physics, environmental physics or 
similar) and outstanding, internationally visible scientific 
achievements (a German Habilitation or an equivalent qualification) are 
required for employment. Experience in leadership and a high level of 
didactic competence are expected.

Employment is subject to Art. 14, par. (2) of the KIT Act in conjunction 
with Art. 47 LHG Baden-Württemberg (Act of Baden-Württemberg on 
Universities and Colleges).

As a family-friendly university, KIT offers part-time employment, leaves 
of absence, a dual career service, and coaching to support the work-life 
balance.

We prefer to balance the number of employees (f/m/d). Therefore, we 
kindly ask female applicants to apply for this job.

Recognized severely disabled persons will be preferred if they are 
equally qualified.

Please mail your application with the usual documents (i.e. cover 
letter, curriculum vitae, research concept, description of previous 
teaching activities and teaching concept, equal opportunity and 
diversity concept, as well as an overview of acquired third-party 
funding and a publication list) until July 15, 2024 by using the vacancy 
number 1211/2024 digitally as a single PDF file in English to Karlsruhe 
Institute of Technology (KIT), KIT Division IV, Department of Physics, 
76128 Karlsruhe, Germany, e-mail: dekanat@ physik.kit.edu. For further 
information, please contact Prof. Dr. Thomas Leisner, e-mail: 
thomas.leisner at kit.edu.

KIT – The Research University in the Helmholtz Association

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